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Hans-Joachim Stuck has been racing since 1969 (including in F1), and he’s a BMW factory team driver today. A couple of years ago, BMW produced a short promotional DVD in Europe featuring laps of the NÃ¼rburgring in their E46 M3 GTR, driven by Stuck, Boris Said and Duncan Huisman. These were ... Read more

It’s the 100th anniversary of Lancia this year, and the good folks at the American Lancia Club had some big festivities planned for the Saratoga Car Show this past weekend. Unfortunately, the weather gods also had some plans: the worst rainstorms eastern New England has seen in decades, which ... Read more

When thinking of the possible engines for a motorcycle, a few come to mind, with an automotive V-8 being about the furthest stretch of the imagination. Right?
Maybe not now.
Ever seen a seven-cylinder radial engine in a bike? Check out the one on display at the Legend of the Motorcycle Concours d ... Read more

If it ever stops raining, we’ll be photographing Dean Cusano’s Jaguar XJS for Sports & Exotic. We first saw him at a track day at Lime Rock last year, and all we knew about the car then was that it was cool.
We were in touch with Dean over the winter, and we gradually learned that ... Read more

For the last five or six years, I’ve been riding a 1965 Allstate scooter, which was originally sold through the Sears catalog.
It’s the same as a Vespa VBB from that year, but the Allstates featured a 125cc engine and no shock on the front suspension in order to keep the Vespa dealers in ... Read more

Rainy Friday afternoons are the leading cause of the discovery of cool car videos on the Internet here in the Hemmings editorial offices. So without further ado:
crazy original Mini racing
the Jimmy White video (turn your speakers to 11)
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We’ve been having a lot of rain here in the Northeast, but I’ve found a silver lining: I haven’t missed any good driving days while the Spitfire has been up on jackstands.
Readers of Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car will be familiar with the Spitfire restoration project that our ed ... Read more

It’ll be enough drama to choke Aaron Spelling.
Whether you’re into street rods or not, you know the name Boyd Coddington. His Discovery Channel show, American Hot Rod, led the charge of automotive-themed cable TV shows over the last few years, and the man himself never shies away from a ... Read more

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In this week’s Hemmings e-Weekly newsletter:
the Shelby GT-500 is a go
a new Lotus Seven
vintage racers invade Hemmings photo galleries
G Ridez hit store shelves
50,000 bikes to descend on Lake George, NY
Wisconsin tries to silence Harleys and hot rods
and more
Just check it out on the Hemmi ... Read more

A Louisiana man wrote to Hemmings Motor News and included a photo of his once beautiful 1974 Pontiac Grand Ville convertible, which he bought through Hemmings in 1990. The car was a rust-free Dallas, Texas, original with 64,000 miles. He had it stored in his garage in his hometown of Port Sulphur, w ... Read more